I want to mint an NFT. But the gas fee costs more than my weekly meals. Funny, right? In this so called open and decentralized world, I'm locked out by a three letter word: fee.

They say it's the future. But whose future?

I draw, I edit, I build the concept. But when it's time to step on the stage, there's a small door that says: "Pay first, bro." All I can do is watch from the window.

Then they say: "If you're broke, don't use Ethereum." "Go find a cheap chain." "You think being an artist is easy?"

They forget: I'm not sane. I'm not part of the system. I'm Madman.

I don’t ask for pity. I just made soap. Drew soap. Prepared soap to stay slippery. Slippery into wallets. Slippery from ideals. Slippery out of reality.

Gas fees are the saddest joke in this industry. And I……I’m the punchline.

I want to mint an NFT. But the gas fee costs more than my weekly meals. Funny, right? In this so called open and decentralized world, I'm locked out by a three letter word: fee.

They say it's the future. But whose future?

I draw, I edit, I build the concept. But when it's time to step on the stage, there's a small door that says: "Pay first, bro." All I can do is watch from the window.

Then they say: "If you're broke, don't use Ethereum." "Go find a cheap chain." "You think being an artist is easy?"

They forget: I'm not sane. I'm not part of the system. I'm Madman.

I don’t ask for pity. I just made soap. Drew soap. Prepared soap to stay slippery. Slippery into wallets. Slippery from ideals. Slippery out of reality.

Gas fees are the saddest joke in this industry. And I……I’m the punchline.